sparkbibo Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 This morning on our server (Ebon Hawk) in fleet chat, there was some discussion as to how much money one can make doing daily quests. Most people thought the most one could make per day was at most #7 250K. Now, I had never actually taken notes while doing dailies, but I was pretty sure I could make #7 500K. Many of the people participating did not even know that Belsavis had it’s own daily run apart from Section X. Then of course, Trolls interjected by arguing both for and against anything just to make everyone confused… So, I embarked on a fact finding mission of my own, because now I wanted to know. I did not do any of the Weeklies at the locations. I just wanted to know the daily value. To calculate loot, I emptied my inventory before starting and vendored everything, including quest loot from lockboxes, etc etc. Any bio materials that I collected from plants and animals I also vendored. Here is my break down. Belsavis (Starting at the Republic Wilderness Outpost) Strengthening the Chain, 7175 Restraining the Darkness, 7175 Emergent Medicine, 7175 [Heroic 2+] A Lesson is Learned, 9330 [Heroic 2] Open Communications, 11196 Riot, 7175 [Heroic 2] The Stasis Generator, 11196 Prison Repairs, 7175 Sleeping Rakata, 7175 Unheard Frequencies, 7175 Containing the Beast, 7175 Total Quest #7 89122 Total Time, 50 minutes Loot #7 74780 (not a bad haul!) Section X Bio Reform, 7175 Imminent Threat, 7175 Priority Containment, 7175 The Dread Guard, 9330 [Heroic 4] Long Shots, 16147 [Area 2+] Key to Decryption, 11196 Total Quest #7 58198 Total Time 30 minutes Loot #7 45048 Black Hole [Area] Criminal Crackdown, 11196 Counter Eco-Terrorism, 7175 Forced Labor, 7175 Stolen Victory, 7175 Eyes and Ears, 7175 [Heroic 4] Chasing the Shadow, 16147 Total Quest #7 56043 Total Time 25 minutes Loot #7 20537 Ilum [Heroic 2]Darkness on Ilum, 12918 Jam the Transmissions, 10765 A Fair Fight, 10765 Crystal Clear Sabotage, 10765 Pilot Down, 10765 Icy Destruction, 10765 Total Quest #7 66743 Total Time 22 minutes Loot 8432 CZ-198 Anti-Toxin Recovery, 10476 Give and Take, 8730 Manual Shutdown, 8730 Workforce Reduction, 8730 Total Quest #7 36666 Total Time 14 minutes Loot #7 2456 Oricon (I know there are others, heroics and such, but these most people can solo) Dread Engines, 8730 Fallen Forces, 8730 False Paradise, 8730 The Tower’s Core, 8730 [Heroic 2+] Pre-emptive Strike, 13620 [Area] Oricon Decimation, 8730 Watchtower Watcher, 6547 Quest Total #7 63817 Time 44 minutes Loot #7 11572 I did not keep track of Faction gains, or the items that you get for quests that give you faction points because I am maxed out in everything but Oricon. What I found enlightening for myself: (others may have different priorities and disagree, so be it. The data is for you to make informed decisions) A) Original Belsavis is indeed worth doing, if straight cash is your desire. 2) If you just want Faction points quick and dirty, skip Original Belsavis and Ilum. Last) CZ-198 is almost not worth it unless you also do the Weekly. D) It took me approximately from 9 am to 1 pm, including beverage, food, bathroom breaks, to run them all. And) 500K spends in about 10 minutes at the slot machines on Nar Shaddaa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) So what was the total for all the dailies then? (oh and it takes alot more than 10 minutes to use up 500 smuggler chips on nar shaddaa) EDIT: and please stop using #7 for credits... it just looks wrong... Edited June 15, 2014 by OddballEasyEight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkbibo Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Sorry... I knew there was something I was leaving off. #7 533,414 grand total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernixx Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Sorry... I knew there was something I was leaving off. #7 533,414 grand total That's not bad for new players needing a cash infusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkbibo Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Hell, I've been playing since launch and still do it! It's easy money. Though I don't usually do a full run like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximusRex Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 So what was the total for all the dailies then? (oh and it takes alot more than 10 minutes to use up 500 smuggler chips on nar shaddaa) EDIT: and please stop using #7 for credits... it just looks wrong... Maybe he doesn't know you can shift click buy them and is talking about how long it takes to buy 500? =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) And it took you around four hours in total? that's a little over 125k per hour then. Also, I think you forgot makeb. EDIT: And the GSI dailies But it sure pokes a hole in the "PvE'ers make millions every day by doing dailies" argument that some PvP'ers use Edited June 15, 2014 by OddballEasyEight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkbibo Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 I purposefully didn't do Makeb because personally, I think they suck. And, my think about Nar Shaddaa was a joke.... a gambling joke. Meaning it's easier to spend than it is to make... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) I purposefully didn't do Makeb because personally, I think they suck. And, my think about Nar Shaddaa was a joke.... a gambling joke. Meaning it's easier to spend than it is to make... Well duh... I could buy grade 1 materials off the GTN for 500k in less than a minute... Doesn't mean anything. Also, you forgot the GSI dailies. Edited June 15, 2014 by OddballEasyEight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I guess it takes 3-3.5 hours total. Honestly, if I did that in a night, I wouldn't have time to do anything fun that same evening anymore. But then I get bored with dailies quite easily. If you are like me, just stick to ilum and the black hole ones. You can face roll em daily and if you skip the heroics you do 100-150k easy in around 30 minutes and have fun doing other stuff after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JattaGin Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Man, Oddball, you really are in a bad mood this weekend. @OP: Thanks for the calculation. Such a pity that I cannot force myself to play any of these dailes ever again. (Luckily, I don't need to.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkbibo Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 O for sure. If you did this full run every day, you'd get sick of not just Dailies, but the whole game, I bet. I just did it today to collect the data. Usually, I just run one or two of them and I rotate between them, usually to which ever ones happen to have the Weeklies open to me. I just wanted to show that it was possible to collect 500K in a day. More if you did Makeb and GSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Breakdown of credits per minute spent doing dailies: (numbers in parentheses are with loot) Belsavis: 1782,44 c/min (3278,04 c/min) Section X: 1939.93 c/min (3441,53 c/min) Black Hole: 2241,72 c/min (3063,2 c/min) Illum: 3033,77 c/min (3417,04 c/min) CZ-198: 2619 c/min (2794,42 c/min) Oricon: 1450,38 c/min (1713,38 c/min) So it is clear that Illum gives the best rewards per minute out of the dailies. Unfortunately we don't have Makeb and GSI on the list because the OP didn't do those, but out of the old Dailies, Illum is the one to go for if you just want to do one per day to make credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkbibo Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Breakdown of credits per minute spent doing dailies: (numbers in parentheses are with loot) Belsavis: 1782,44 c/min (3278,04 c/min) Section X: 1939.93 c/min (3441,53 c/min) Black Hole: 2241,72 c/min (3063,2 c/min) Illum: 3033,77 c/min (3417,04 c/min) CZ-198: 2619 c/min (2794,42 c/min) Oricon: 1450,38 c/min (1713,38 c/min) So it is clear that Illum gives the best rewards per minute out of the dailies. Unfortunately we don't have Makeb and GSI on the list because the OP didn't do those, but out of the old Dailies, Illum is the one to go for if you just want to do one per day to make credits. Thanks OddBall, very help to see it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Man, Oddball, you really are in a bad mood this weekend. @OP: Thanks for the calculation. Such a pity that I cannot force myself to play any of these dailes ever again. (Luckily, I don't need to.) Throat infection, ear infection and a fever will do that to people. And dumb comments like "but it only takes 10 minutes to spend 500k on the slot machines" doesn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Thanks OddBall, very help to see it that way. Yeah, I usually break down anything like that to see what is best per minute spent doing it... Since I hate doing dailies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerSchneider Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) You did not include weeklys, but you should, because almost everyone has 2+ 55s now and can do weeklys 2+ times. Before I opened makeb for myself, I ran BH+secX+CZ+oricon, so: 100k - BH (20-30 minutes) 150k+ - sec X (30-40 minutes, if you found team for H4 fast) 80-100k - CZ (30-40 minutes, if teammates are not dumb) 150k+ - oricon (30-40 minutes if you do H2 fast) Totally it's 2 - 2.5 hours to receive 500k. Additionally you got plenty of basic comms - you buy 2-3 isotopes (+250k). That's why you should not do any ilum/belsavis crap. If you do this with 2 characters you totally get 1.5 million and spent 4-5 hours. Edited June 15, 2014 by DerSchneider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) That's why you should not do any ilum/belsavis crap. And once you did the weeklies? Seriously, I can't stomach so much dailies, certainly not in one go. If you are fine with that, then you have a great guide, but for me after 30 mins of dailies I've had enough. I do however do the Oricon weekly a few times a week, that is certainly worth it and they don't bore me as much as a lot of the others. You have great efficiency in your explanation but for me that sounds more like a chore than fun and that's just a personal thing. Edited June 15, 2014 by Tsillah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) You did not include weeklys, but you should, because almost everyone has 2+ 55s now and can do weeklys 2+ times. Before I opened makeb for myself, I ran BH+secX+CZ+oricon, so: 100k - BH (20-30 minutes) 150k+ - sec X (30-40 minutes, if you found team for H4 fast) 80-100k - CZ (30-40 minutes, if teammates are not dumb) 150k+ - oricon (30-40 minutes if you do H2 fast) Totally it's 2 - 2.5 hours to receive 500k. Additionally you got plenty of basic comms - you buy 2-3 isotopes (+250k). That's why you should not do any ilum/belsavis crap. If you do this with 2 characters you totally get 1.5 million and spent 4-5 hours. 4-5 hours of dailies? Ugh, no thanks. Also, your numbers don't quite add up... unless you make 50k from just the weekly and heroic of course. So, are you counting loot here or what? Edited June 15, 2014 by OddballEasyEight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerSchneider Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 And once you did the weeklies? Seriously, I can't stomach so much dailies, certainly not in one go. If you are fine with that, then you have a great guide, but for me after 30 mins of dailies I've had enough. I do however do the Oricon weekly a few times a week, that is certainly worth it and they don't bore me as much as a lot of the others. You have great efficiency in your explanation but for me that sounds more like a chore than fun and that's just a personal thing. If someone can stand doing ALL dailies in one day - then do ilum/belsavis, but even if you have done weeklies, doing bh/sec X is more profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZETA_SCORPII Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Isotope-5 from Basic comms is the money maker so excluding Makeb, GSI, and a few FP's that give Basics means you're missing out. If I grind for credits from dailies/FP's I take in over a million a day on one char. Next step is to play the GTN a bit with a few mil and you'll be making a lot more. BTW, never spend more @ the casino than you can make from an Oricon run if you're on a budget. Edited June 15, 2014 by ZETA_SCORPII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 If someone can stand doing ALL dailies in one day - then do ilum/belsavis, but even if you have done weeklies, doing bh/sec X is more profitable. Not per minute spent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerSchneider Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 4-5 hours of dailies? Ugh, no thanks. Also, your numbers don't quite add up... unless you make 50k from just the weekly and heroic of course. Section X: Same here... his listing is 58k without the weekly and heroic... are you telling me the heroic and weekly give you around 100k? So, are you counting loot here or what? Ofc I count all loot. For example when I do sec X I got 3-4 orange items that cost about 20k. Also I'm selling all rep trophies cuz I'm on the cap already, but they don't cost so much. HC and weekly give you 16k each, as I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 If someone can stand doing ALL dailies in one day - then do ilum/belsavis, but even if you have done weeklies, doing bh/sec X is more profitable. Profitable, efficient yes. But I have an slightly different point of view because if I spend too much time doing things I don't find enjoyable it's not profitable for me as a person if you equate profit with enjoyment. I play to have fun. If that means I have to be less efficient or profitable in the sense of credits per minute, then that's a gain for me. You seem to enjoy this work approach to gaming. That's fine, but there are other people who find other things more profitable to themselves if you get my meaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerSchneider Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Profitable, efficient yes. But I have an slightly different point of view because if I spend too much time doing things I don't find enjoyable it's not profitable for me as a person if you equate profit with enjoyment. I play to have fun. If that means I have to be less efficient or profitable in the sense of credits per minute, then that's a gain for me. You seem to enjoy this work approach to gaming. That's fine, but there are other people who find other things more profitable to themselves if you get my meaning I don't enjoy it, and I don't find this profitable anymore. But if you lack 500k or million and wanna get them fast - that's it. Because running chests or bargaining GTN is too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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